Steam’s $1 Billion Sales in 2010

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Digital distribution service Steam sold almost $1 billion of gaming titles in 2010, with the top 10 populated with titles from gaming giants Activision.

2010’s big Call of Duty games have unsurprisingly generated almost $140 million on Steam alone, mirroring the franchise’s console success.

While FPS games seem to dominate, strategy gaming is clearly still popular with the latest version of Sid Meier’s Civilization and Warhammer providing a strong presence.

But the real surprise is Portal – the sixth most popular game of 2010 on the Steam platform is nearing 4 years old and as well as being developed by Steam owners Valve, Portal is possibly the least violent game top selling game that doesn’t have “sim” in the title. Portal is of course the ultimate adventure puzzler, and its success in 2010 may well be in part due to the (since delayed) release of Portal 2.